PEOPLE v. AVERY

No. 1-86-2418.

180 Ill. App.3d 146 (1989)

534 N.E.2d 1296

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STEVEN AVERY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed February 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph Stone, Public Defender, of Chicago (Hugh Stevens, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellants.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, Patricia Y. Brown, and Lauren E. Brown, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants Steven Avery and Ramsey Lewis were found guilty of murder following a bench trial. The trial court sentenced Avery to a term of 20 years' imprisonment and sentenced Lewis to a term of 23 years' imprisonment. Defendants appeal, contending that the trial court erred in not suppressing their confessions after finding they were arrested without probable cause and that they were...

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